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- VRV Singh was making his Test debut. He became the 256th player to represent India in a Test match. VRV, however, blotted his copybook by conceding 13 runs off his first over including a four off the very first ball.
- Rahul Dravid was playing his 100th Test for India. Out of these, he represented ICC World XI against Australia in one Test.
- Irfan Pathan missed a Test after making 17 consecutive appearances for India.
- India went into the Test match with a pace attack having experience of just 4 Tests among them (Sreesanth - 2, Munaf - 2, VRV - 0). This, however, is not a record as recently at Mohali against England in 2001-02, Tinu Youhanan, Iqbal Siddiqui and Sanjay Bangar shared the new ball for India and all of the three were making their Test debut!
- The catch of MS Dhoni was 150th for Brian Lara in Test cricket. He became first West Indian and only the fifth player in the world after Australia's Mark Waugh (181), Mark Taylor (157), Allan Border (156) and New Zealand's Stephen Fleming (152) to do so.
- In India's first innings Munaf Patel faced 28 balls only to get out on a duck. This was the second longest duck by any Indian batsman in Test cricket. Only Irfan Pathan with a 29-ball duck against Pakistan at Bangalore in 2004-05 is ahead of him. While among those who remained unbeaten without scoring, Shivlal Yadav heads the tally. Yadav faced 28 balls in 31 minutes against Australia at Adelaide in 1980-81.
- Sreesanth's first innings unbeaten 29 took his career average to 59, which is the highest for any batsman from either side in this Test! Sreesanth's scores in four innings have been - 1,29*,0*,29*.
- Virender Sehwag's analysis of 2 for 32 in the first innings was his best in Test cricket expunging 1-17 against New Zealand at Ahmedabad in 2003-04.
- When he trapped Corey Collymore in the first innings, it was the 16th instance that Kumble dismissed a batsman off the very first ball. With this Kumble surpassed former teammate Kapil Dev's tally of 15 golden ducks to achieve a new Indian record.
- The 22 no-balls in West Indies' first innings are the joint second highest by an Indian bowler. The record is of 26 no-balls also against West Indies at Georgetown in 2001-02. India had also bowled 22 no-balls against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1988-89.
- Sreesanth conceded 96 runs in his 16 overs @ 6 runs per over. His performance is the third worst by an Indian bowler bowling 15 overs or more in an innings.
- Wasim Jaffer (212) scored second hundred of his career (the only other being 100 against England at Nagpur in 2005-06. Jaffer became only the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century against West Indies in the Caribbean after Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Sardesai and Navjot Sidhu.
- Jaffer also became only the tenth batsman in Test cricket to score a double ton against West Indies while opening the innings. The last opener to do so against West Indies was India's Navjot Sidhu in 1996-97. The following table lists openers' double tons against West Indies. England's Dennis Amiss and Len Hutton, New Zealand's Glenn Turner, Australia's Bill Lawry and India's Sunil Gavaskar have done so twice.
- The disparity of 211 runs in Jaffer's two innings (1 in the first innings and 212 in the second) is the second highest for an Indian batsman. VVS Laxman had a disparity of 222 in that famous Kolkata Test against Australia in 2000-01 when he made 59 in the first innings and followed it with a then record 281 in the second.
- Jaffer's only six of the match (off Dave Mohammed) was first of his Test career in his 21st innings.
- Jaffer, in the process, became only the seventh Indian batsman to score a double century away from the sub-continent. Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have done so twice.
- When he reached 39 in the second innings Dravid completed his 1,000 runs against West Indies to become the ninth Indian to do so.
- The third wicket partnership of 203 runs between Jaffer and Dravid is India's best for this wicket against West Indies. The pair obliterated the 177-run partnership between Navjot Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar at Nagpur in 1994-95. Incidentally the previous highest third wicket stand for India in Caribbean was 174 between Sidhu and Tendulkar at Port-of-Spain in 1996-97.
- India's second innings total of 521-6d is their best against West Indies in West Indies. This obliterated the 513-9d at the same ground in 2001-02.
- The above total is also India's second highest in their second innings of a Test after 657-7d versus Australia at Kolkata in 2000-01.
- MS Dhoni (69) hit six sixes in India's second innings -- all off the bowling of Dave Mohammed. He now holds the record of hitting maximum sixes for India in an innings against West Indies. No other batsman has hit more than three.
- Dhoni became the third Indian to hit a six or more in an innings after Navjot Sidhu (8 v Sri Lanka at Lucknow in 1993-94), Ravi Shastri (6 v Australia at Mumbai in 1986-87 and Virender Sehwag (6 v Pakistan at Multan in 2003-04).
- Dhoni also equalled Pakistan's Shahid Afridi's record of a visiting batsman hitting maximum sixes in the Caribbean. Afridi had hit as many sixes during his innings of 122 at Bridgetown in May 2005.
- Dhoni also became the third Indian batsman to hit four or more sixes on two occasions (he had hit four against Pakistan at Faisalabad in 2005-06. Dhoni now joins Navjot Sidhu and Virender Sehwag).
- Brian Lara recorded 16th duck of his Test career in the second innings - his third against India.
- Anil Kumble's second innings figures of 4-107 are the best by an Indian bowler at St. John's obliterating Sunil Joshi's 3-76 in 1996-97. Kumble's match figures of 7-193 are also the best by an Indian at this ground.
- The match provided the 15th instance in Test cricket when a Test ended in draw with the fielding side needing only one wicket to win. This was the second such instance for India. Interestingly the other occasion was also against West Indies at Kolkata in 1978-79 when last pair of Sew Shivnarine and Sylvester Clarke denied India a comprehensive win.
- 11 of 21 Tests played on this ground have ended in a draw including all four played by India.
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